Ashes in my veins

They never saw the weight I held inside... Only judged the silence I wore like armor. > I was born in the fire, but raised in the freeze They only see calm — never what seethes Held it all in like a bomb with no pin But now I bleed ink — let the story begin. They said, “be quiet,” so I learned to roar Dug my voice out the cracks in the floor Pain was a teacher — cold and blunt I passed every test that they wouldn’t confront Hands blistered, but I held that line Carrying ghosts that were never mine I ain’t your savior, I ain’t your kin Just the last man standing when the dark rolled in And in the end, I became the blade Made of every scar they gave You tried to bury me in shame But I rose through the flame There’s ashes in my veins / steel in my chest Each breath I take — I survive the test I wasn’t meant to shine — I was meant to break But I learned to bend till the storm would shake All those nights with a fist to the sky Not to fight — just to ask “why?” But answers never came — just more to carry So I wore it all — yeah, even the scary Built a throne from the bones of pain Crowned by the silence that knew my name I never needed fame, never needed eyes Just needed peace that never arrived Still I gave, still I stood Still I bled just like a brother would And if they ask what kept me sane... Just tell ‘em: ashes in my veins And in the end, I became the flame Not for glory / not for fame You tried to crush me under blame But I rose, unchained There’s ashes in my veins / steel in my chest Each breath I take — I outlive the test